Government Secrecy vs. Freedom of the Press
Sunday, 7 January 2007
by Geoffrey R. Stone
A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both.
Since September 11, 2001, the United States has investigated, threatened to prosecute, and prosecuted public employees, journalists, and the press for the dissemination of classiªed information relating to national security. The government’s response to the New York Times’s revelation of President George W. Bush’s secret electronic surveillance directive illustrates the tension between the government and the press.
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